Well now then, with all that being said, there is no reason for you to post more frequent, right? Welcome and yes, we still learn from this site's members!
Backwoods Savage I rarely split horizontally . Do not use a milk crate though. I have a favorite oval shaped log just the right height that I save and use year after year. Can't say enough good things about my tractor. My wife thought I was crazy to buy it but it's my work crew. I use it for many different things. If you guys are interested, I'll try to find some pics of the different uses I've come up with Tractor was built in 1989. It's a Ford 1920. It's cousins no longer made are the 1520, 1720, and 2120 and they are all built like tanks. Powerful and durable. Easy to work on. I've split mine in half to put a new clutch in. I would highly recommend any of these tractors. I only have an acre of property and can do things by myself that using the tractor that I wouldn't even think about doing by hand. Soon as I got it I was using it to move wood on pallets. Every winter I give wood to my daughter and her husband. He loves pulling in with his pickup and it takes a couple of minutes to load a couple of skids of wood into bed. I'm also getting a little anal about keeping different types of wood stacked separate, Mostly red oak, some white oak, locust, cherry (which I love), and maple This truck delivered wood 5 years ago all red oak which I'll burn this winter Gasifier I'm heating around 2,000 sq ft. Installed a new oil burner 8 years ago because the old one was very .... well , old and inefficient. In 8 years its been used a total of 20 hours. Mostly to be sure it's working if needed when we're away. HDRock 30 cords is a good guess at the wood in stacks. I"ll go out now and figure it out Fox9988 do your forks mount on the bucket or do you replace the bucket with forks. At first I had them on the bucket but changed to quick attach so I could easily remove bucket and put on forks. Best thing I ever did. I can also lift more weight cause the forks are closer to the arms. Yooperdave I'm not a big fan of typing so I don't post much. When I saw Thomas' post "Long overdue first post" I thought I should create a longer post. Took me several days and edits to finish first post. I do learn things all the time here. Many times I read things that confirm things I'm doing or give me ideas to tweak things a little bit better!
Movable roofs - work smarter not harder! I've been thinking of something similar for a while now just haven't done it. Nice first post.
I first started using these clamp on binder forks. They were cheap and worked well After a few years I added the QA brackets to the loader arms. I gave the first forks to my brother and got these QA forks. Of course I had to modify the bucket to work with the QA arms
There's a hot tub store not too far from me and I pick up some of their 8'x8' skids I experimented putting 2 sheets of plywood on then covering with metal roofing or pool cover tarp rescued from trash Both work very well
Mike all I can say is for a guy who only bgot 12 messages they are good ones.. planning on putting quick attach to my bota this winter
Awesome posts and so glad you found us!! Great looking stacks and a very nice setup you have going on! Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
got mine from WR Long - WR Long Pin on Tractor Loader Bucket to Universal Quick Attach Adapter They have CAD files for most tractors so they cut and weld them for you. Then you pin onto your forks. You still have to cut the tabs off of your bucket and weld on a Skid Steer Quick Attach Plate. Best thing I ever did
Well I'm very surprised Just came in from measuring all my stacks and using the FHC firewood calculator drumroll..... I actually have 54 cords split and stacked huh This includes 7.5 cords I split for my daughter and here I was thinking I didn't split as much this year about 10 cords
Excellent post! I feel blessed to have found this place when I did, I was doing so many things wrong! I learn something new from here everyday( like that fact that EricVdub wears thongs)..... Umm..Plus it's a pretty cool place to hang out
Well between the QA for the loader, and the movable roof idea...I think the student just became the teacher
They have a stack of these skids about 6 ft high. Made of 2x3s and 3/8inch boards Could build a lot of things from them.
You are doing things right Mike. At first I wondered about the tires on the tractor but on small acreage ag tires may not be the best way to go. We're considering a tractor. Of course through the years I've handled many of them but now it's been a while. But I keep coming up with so many things that would really be helpful if we had a tractor. Not sure yet what we'll get but not many Fords left in this area. John Deere and Kabota are the biggies. There are others but we'll probably stick with one of these. Still have to decide what size and for sure I'll want a FEL and backhoe along with a roto tiller. Ag tires will rule here but we don't have to worry about tearing up lawn.
